THE CONDOR
Vol. 104, Number 3
August 2002 C.E.
TABLE OF CONTENTS

FEATURE ARTICLES

Temporal Variation in Bird Counts within a Hawaiian Rainforest

469

JOHN C. SIMON, THANE K. PRATT, KIM E. BERLIN, JAMES R. KOWALSKY, STEVEN G. FANCY AND JEFF S. HATFIELD

Nesting Biology of Tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae) in Fragmented South-Temperate Rainforests of Chile

482

TONI L. DE SANTO, MARY F. WILLSON, KATHRYN E. SIEVING AND JUAN J. ARMESTO

Predation on Real and Artificial Nests in Shrubsteppe Landscapes Fragmented by Agriculture

496

W. MATTHEW VANDER HAEGEN, MICHAEL A. SCHROEDER AND RICHARD M. DEGRAAF

Nest Predators, Nest-Site Selection, and Nesting Success of the Dusky Flycatcher in a Managed Ponderosa Pine Forest

507

JOSEPH R. LIEBEZEIT AND T. LUKE GEORGE

Clam Density and Scaup Feeding Behavior in San Pablo Bay, California

518

VICTORIA K. POULTON, JAMES R. LOVVORN AND JOHN Y. TAKEKAWA

Spatial and Temporal Variability in the Foraging Areas of Breeding King Penguins

528

KLEMENS PÜTZ

Size, Insect Parasitism, and Energetic Value of Acorns Stored by Acorn Woodpeckers

539

WALTER D. KOENIG AND LAURYN S. BENEDICT

Seasonal Acclimatization in the American Goldfinch Revisited: To What Extent Do Metabolic Rates Vary Seasonally?

548

ERIC T. LIKNES, SARAH M. SCOTT AND DAVID L. SWANSON

Using a Commercially Available Radioimmunoassay to Quantify Corticosterone in Avian Plasma

558

BRIAN E. WASHBURN, DANA L. MORRIS, JOSHUA J. MILLSPAUGH, JOHN FAABORG AND JOHN H. SCHULZ

Birdsong and Sound Transmission: The Benefits of Reverberations

564

HANS SLABBEKOORN, JACINTHA ELLERS AND THOMAS B. SMITH

Chick Growth and Breeding Success of the Burrowing Parrot

574

JUAN F. MASELLO AND PETRA QUILLFELDT

Demography of Zenaida Doves on Cayo del Agua, Culebra, Puerto Rico

587

FRANK F. RIVERA-MILÁN AND FRED C. SCHAFFNER

Patterns of Sex Ratio Variation in House Sparrows

598

DAVID F. WESTNEAT, IAN R. K. STEWART, EMILY HALPIN WOESTE, JOHNNY GIPSON, LATIFAT ABDULKADIR AND JOSEPH P. POSTON

A Comparison of the Characteristics and Fate of Barrow's Goldeneye and Bufflehead Nests in Nest Boxes versus Natural Cavities

610

MATTHEW R. EVANS, DAVID B. LANK, W. SEAN BOYD AND FRED COOKE

Space Use, Migratory Connectivity, and Population Segregation among Willets Breeding in the Western Great Basin

620

SUSAN M. HAIG, LEWIS W. ORING, PETER M. SANZENBACHER AND ORIANE W. TAFT

Avian Response to Nutrient Enrichment in an Oligotrophic Wetland, the Florida Everglades

631

GAEA E. CROZIER AND DALE E. GAWLIK

Conservation of Grassland Birds in an Urbanizing Landscape: A Historical Perspective

643

ZACH F. JONES AND CARL E. BOCK



SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Hierarchical Analysis of Genetic Population Structure in the Noisy Miner Using DNA Microsatellite Markers

652

CATHRYN L. ABBOTT, TARMO PÕLDMAA, STEPHEN LOUGHEED, MICHAEL CLARKE AND PETER T. BOAG

Searching for Conspicuous Versus Cryptic Prey: Search Rates of Flush-Pursuing Versus Substrate-Gleaning Birds

657

PIOTR G. JABLONSKI

Foraging Zones of Southern Royal Albatrosses

662

SUSAN WAUGH, CHRISTINA TROUP, DOMINIQUE FILIPPI AND HENRI WEIMERSKIRCH

Absence of Daily Rhythms of Prolactin and Corticosterone in Adélie Penguins under Continuous Daylight

667

CAROL M. VLECK AND JESSAMYN A. VAN HOOK

Nectar Dilution Increases Metabolic Rate in the Lesser Double-Collared Sunbird

672

CHRIS N. LOTZ AND SUE W. NICOLSON

Influence of Bill Shape on Ectoparasite Load in Western Scrub-Jays

675

BRETT R. MOYER, A. TOWNSEND PETERSON AND DALE H. CLAYTON

American White Pelican Soaring Flight Times and Altitudes Relative to Changes in Thermal Depth and Intensity

679

HARLAN D. SHANNON, GEORGE S. YOUNG, MICHAEL A. YATES, MARK R. FULLER AND WILLIAM S. SEEGAR

Display by Apparent Hybrid Prairie-Chickens in a Zone of Geographic Overlap

683

MATTHEW R. BAIN AND GREG H. FARLEY

Geographic Variation in the Wingtip Patterns of Black-legged Kittiwakes

687

JOHN W. CHARDINE

Trios of Brown Skuas at Bird Island, South Georgia: Incidence and Composition

694

RICHARD A. PHILLIPS



BOOK REVIEWS

Bird Census Techniques, Second Edition, by Colin J. Bibby, Neil D. Burgess, David A. Hill, and Simon H. Mustoe

698

JOHN R. SAUER

The Red-cockaded Woodpecker: Surviving in a Fire-Maintained Ecosystem, by Richard N. Conner, D. Craig Rudolph, and Jeffrey R. Walters

701

KATHLEEN E. FRANZREB

Briefly Noted: Five Out of Africa

703

WILLIAM I. BOARMAN